2013 Ford F-150 complaints

WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES AN HOUR THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND I GOT A "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" WARNING. NO PRIOR WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS THAT THIS MIGHT BE ABOUT TO HAPPEN. FORTUNATELY ONE OF MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS WERE NOT DRIVING IT. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE TURN. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE AND NOT INCLUDED IN POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. AND NO RECALLS ON THIS ITEM, ALTHOUGH THROUGH RESEARCH I SEE THERE IS ONE FOR THE 2014 YEAR MODEL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT IT WILL COST ME 1800 DOLLARS FOR THE REPAIR.

WHENEVER AT A STOP IN TRAFFIC, THE BRAKE PEDAL DRIFTED TO THE FLOOR CAUSING LOSS OF BREAKS RESULTING IN STRIKING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE TRUCKS BEEN AT FORD TO REPLACE MULTIPLE PIECES OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WITH ABSOLUTELY NO BETTER RESULT. THE MASTER CYLINDER RESOVIOR WAS FOUND EMPTY TWICE PRIOR TO THIS PROBLEM SURFACING.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN & RAPID POWER LOSS, DECELERATION AND VEHICLE SHUTTERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. OCCURS QUICKLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, PRESENTING MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL VEHICLE CRASHES. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS CAN RESULT IN SEVERE VEHICLE DAMAGE AND POTENTIAL INJURIES. DEALER ATTRIBUTES ISSUE TO BE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON A NUMBER OF FORD VEHICLES OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. I HAVE VERIFIED THIS BY INTERNET QUERY. I HAVE NOT SEEN OR RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION OR RECALLS FROM FORD ON THIS OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK MODEL. THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS A 2013 FORD F150 WITH THE ECO-BOOST ENGINE.

OWNER DRIVING POV ENTERING INTERSTATE VIA ONRAMP AT APPROX. 60MPH WHEN CHECK BRAKE LIGHT APPEARED. OWNER CONTINUED INTO TRAFFIC AND REACHED SPEED OF APPROX. 70MPH WHEN TRAFFIC SLOWED. OWNER PUSHED BRAKE PEDAL COMPLETELY TO FLOOR WITH NO SLOWING OCCURRING. OWNER PUMPED BRAKES NUMEROUS TIMES, DOWNSHIFTED AND UTILIZED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO AVOID COLLISION GOING ONTO SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE. BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY, NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK FOUND ON UNDERCARRIAGE. OWNER PUT MORE BRAKE FLUID IN AND WAS ABLE TO GET POV HOME VIA SLOW SPEED, DOWNSHIFTING AND EMERGENCY BRAKE. BRAKE RESERVOIR ONCE AGAIN EMPTY. AFTER RESEARCH ONLINE REGARDING MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE, OWNER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKES ARE WORKING WITHOUT ISSUE.. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY ENDED WITH SOMEONE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. POV WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY WITH APPROX. 48,000 MILES SO ALL REPAIRS WERE AT OWNERS EXPENSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED, STALLED, AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,750. MA 10/6 UPDATED 11/07/2017*CN

JUNE 30, 2015 3:30PM F150 SHUDDERED AND THEN STALLED OUT WHILE RUNNING TRAFFIC. WRENCH INSIGNIA APPEARED ON DASHBOARD SCREEN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK AND IT RESTARTED. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE TRUCK. JUNE 30, 2015 5:45PM F150 SHUDDERED AND THEN STALLED OUT WHILE IN RUNNING TRAFFIC. WRENCH INSIGNIA APPEARED ON DASHBOARD SCREEN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK AND IT RESTARTED. THERE WERE 4 PEOPLE IN THE TRUCK. TRUCK NOT USED FROM JUNE 30 TO JULY 4TH. JULY 4TH, 2015 6:30PM F150 SHUDDERED AND STALLED AND WENT IN TO SOME TYPE OF BARELY RUNNING MODE. THE WRENCH INSIGNIA AGAIN APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD SCREEN. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRUCK STRUGGLED TO START BUT EVENTUALLY DID SO AND I TOOK IT HOME AND PARKED IT AS IT WAS BECOMING DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD WITH IT. JULY 1, 2015 CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT WAYNE COUNTY FORD SERVICE DEP'T IN HONESDALE PA. THEY GAVE ME AN APPOINTMENT DATE OF JULY 6 AT 9:30AM. THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND THE TRUCK IS STILL SITTING THERE AS OF JULY 7TH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND REMOTELY STARTED, THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,450.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A JERKING MOTION. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND REAPPLIED THE BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC TURNED THE ROTORS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO A DEALER. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS FRACTURED. THE ROTORS WERE TURNED AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

I REPLACED MY BREAKS (ALL OF THEM FRONT AND REAR) IN AUGUST OF 2014. NOT EVEN ONE YEAR OF OWNING THE VEHICLE AND ONLY ABOUT 13,000 MILES. THEY WOULD SHUDDER AND SHAKE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES. FORD TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IT AS "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR." FAST FORWARD, JULY OF 2015. THE BREAKS ARE DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN. SHUDDERING AND SHAKING. I AGAIN TAKE IT INTO FORD, AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THE ROTORS ARE CRACKED AND I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THEM. WITHIN A YEAR AND NOW AT ONLY 27,000 MILES. THEY ASKED ME IF I TOW A LOT OR HEAVY ITEMS. I TOLD THEM I HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING AND ONLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE 3 DAYS PER WEEK. FORD HAD NO EXPLANATION OF HOW IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED; HOWEVER, AGAIN IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. BREAKS/ROTERS ARE NOT COVERED! AT 13,000 AND AT 27,000 THERE IS NO REASON ANY BREAKS OR ROTERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150 AND DID NOT NEED BREAKS UNTIL 70,000 MILES. THERE IS A PROBLEM!

BACKED UP TO BOAT TRAILER. ATTACHED TRAILER TO F-150 PLATINUM. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID LEVEL AND THERE WAS NO FLUID. ADDED (3) 6 OZ. BOTTLES. NO EXTERNAL LEAKS FOUND ANYWHERE. BLED BRAKE LINES TO GET VEHICLE HOME. DEALER FOUND THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER SEAL BLEW AND ALL THE BRAKE FLUID WENT INTO THE BOOSTER. BOOSTER ON BACK ORDER FOR 5 DAYS. I AM HAVING TO PAY TO HAVE BOOSTER REPLACED, SEAL, AND ABS SYSTEM FLUSH. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AS I WAS TOWING MY 17FT BOAT UP A MOUNTAIN @ 7% GRADE FOR 17 MILES. I HAVE READ THE RECORDED COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. FORD PLEASE FIX THIS.

SECOND SET OF PIRELLI SCORPION ATR'S THAT I'VE HAD WITHIN 10,000 MILES LARGE STRESS CRACKS BEGIN TO FORM STARTING AT THE WHEEL AND MOVING OUTWARDS.

WHILE DRIVING I HAD AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING. IT CHANGED TO MANUAL STEERING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE OR AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED I COULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I SEE THE FORD CARS ARE RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. I ALSO NOTICED THE 2015 HAS A RECALL FOR STEERING ISSUES. APPARENTLY, THE 2013 HAS ISSUES ALSO. THIS WAS A SCARY SITUATION THAT IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK. I COULDN'T DRIVE THE TRUCK ONCE I GOT IT PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. FORD WILL CHARGE US ABOUT $1500 TO REPAIR IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000. UPDATED 09/01/2015*LJ UPDATED 10/14/2015*JS

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. STARTED VEHICLE AND WENT TO BACK UP AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR, LOW BRAKE FLUID LIGHT LIGHT CAME ON AS SOON AS THE PEDDLE HIT THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WAS SLOWLY MOVING BACKWARDS AND WOULD NOT STOP. TRIED PUMPING THE PEDDLE TO STOP THE TRUCK. USED PARKING BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE TO AVOID BACKING INTO OTHER CARS BEHIND. CHECKED BRAKE FLUID LEVEL AND FOUND IT WAS ALMOST OUT, LESS THAN A 1/4 INCH IN THE RESERVOIR. CHECKED ENTIRE VEHICLE AND NO LEAKS COULD BE FOUND CALLED CROSSROADS FORD IN CARY, NC AND THEY INDICATED I SHOULD FILL IT WITH DOT3 FLUID AND BRING IT IN. FILLED RESERVOIR TO MAX LINE AND PUMPED BRAKED A FEW TIMES UNTIL THEY WERE FIRM. DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, ABOUT 25 MILES. NO ISSUES GETTING TO THE DEALERSHIP OTHER THAN THE BRAKES WERE QUITE SPONGY AND NOT TOO RESPONSIVE. UPON INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY REMOVED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND FOUND THE FLUID HAD FILLED THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED.. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, I'M VERY LUCKY I WASN'T KILLED OR KILLED SOMEONE IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER 500 OUT OF WARRANTY.

THE TRUCK MAKES A GRINDING/POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING OVER ANY TERRAIN. FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE OR A WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF.

COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOSED DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER. WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT THE PARTS ARE ON NATION WIDE BACK ORDER. THIS INDICATES THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. I AM BEING REQUIRED TO PAY BECAUSE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. BRAKES SHOULD NEVER COMPLETELY FAIL. THIS COULD HAVE HAD CATASTROPHIC RESULTS. IF FORD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY SOON AND FIX IT, SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING MY STEERING WHEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO STEER AND IMMEDIATELY 2 MESSAGES CAME UP ON THE DASH READING "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" AND " ELECTRICAL POWER ASSISTED STEERING FAULT". AS I PANICKED TO CHANGED LANES AND GET TO THE SHOULDER I WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE BY THE LAG CAUSED BY THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. TURNING BECAME VERY EXHAUSTING AND TEDIOUS JUST TO CHANGE LANES OR TURN THE TIRES. I TRIED STARTING AND RE-STARTING MY TRUCK, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE DAY I GOT MY TRUCK TOWED HOME, I PARKED IT AND HAVE NOT TOUCHED IT SINCE, FOR I FEAR MY LIFE WILL BE IN DANGER IF I DRIVE IT IN THOSE CONDITIONS AGAIN. I AM AWARE OF OTHER RECALLS OF PREVIOUS AND LATER MODEL YEARS OF MY SAME VEHICLE FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES. IF THIS HASNT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY, YET, I HOPE IT DOES BEFORE SOME SERIOUS/FATAL INCIDENTS OCCUR, SUCH AS MINE, BECUASE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AND WENT TO EXIT AND HEARD A SOUND WITH A WARNING LIGHT WITH ADVANCETRAC SERVICE AND POWER STEERING DEFAULT. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY STEERING MORE THAN JUST A FEW INCHES LEFT OR RIGHT AND STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP DO TO THE STEERING WAS UNABLE TO FUNCTION ANY LONGER.

YOUR WEB SITE DOSE NOT LIST A 2013 F-150 WHEN I DO A MANUAL SEARCH F-250 F350 BUT NO F-150.

FORD F150 ECOBOOST 2013 13,000 MILE THE ENGINE SHAKES AND A LOST OF POWER WHEN PASSING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON WHILE ITS HAPPEN BUT SHUTS OFF WHEN THE POWER COME BACK. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD 4TIMES BUT BECAUSE IT HAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON THEY LOOK AT ME LIKE IF I'M CRAZY.

VEHICLE HESITATION WITH JERKING AND LOSS OF MOMENTUM WHEN LIGHTLY ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 60 MPH AND 70 MPH WHEN HOT. DEALER DETERMINED THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS AND CHANGED THEM OUT AT 48K MILES. DEALER MAINTENANCE BOOK LISTS CHANGING OUT THE SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS AT 100K MILES WHICH A GROSS UNDERESTIMATED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. THIS IS MISS LEADING TO THE BUYER FOR EXPECTED REPAIR COSTS AND DANGEROUS FOR THE OWNER WHILE ON THE ROAD AND DANGEROUS TO OTHER MOTORIST BECAUSE OF THE UNEXPECTED LOSS OF MOMENTUM AND JERKING OF THE VEHICLE.

GOT UP AND IT WAS FROSTY AND 24 DIGRESS OUTSIDE SO I REMOTELY STARTED MY F-150 FORD TRUCK WENT OUT 10 MIN LATER AND GOT ON DRIVERS SEAT AND HEARD A LOUD BANG AS IF ROCK HAD HIT WINDSHIELD. GOT OUT LOOKED ALL AROUND BUT DID NOT SEE WHAT HAD CAUSED THE LOUD NOISE FINALLY GAVE UP AND WENT ABOUT MY DAY. THE NEXT DAY ABOUT NOON I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SEEN THE REAR WINDOW BEHIND DRIVER WAS SHATTERED IN MILLION PIECES BUT STILL IN PLACE. WINDOW IS ALSO TINTED SO HARD TO SEE FROM OUTSIDE. TOOK CLEAR PACKAGING TAPE AND PUT SEVERAL PIECES ON INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TO KEEP INTACT FOR NOW. WENT TO PUT PREASURE ON TAPE TO ADHERE TO PIECES AND GOT SEVERAL FINE CUTS IN FINGERS. CONTACTED FORD SEALED AND SAID FIRST TIME HE HAD HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING. THINKING THAT PROBLEM MIGHT CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO THE NEW WINDSHIELD HAD TO PAY DEALER TO CHECK IF THERE WAS A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH CONTROLS. SAID EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE AND WARRANTY WAS PAST AND COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP FINANCIALLY WHEN I CALLED BACK TO GET REASSURANCE THAT THEY WOULD WARANTY REPLACEMENT WINDOW IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN WAS TOLD THAT HE CHECKED AND THIS HAS BEEN MORE COMON THEN HE THOUGHT, 4 THIS YEAR ALREADY AT THEIR DEALERSHIP

BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT AND THE POWER STEERING MADE A NOISE AND THE ADVANCE TRAC WARNING AND HILL DESCENT WARNING CAME ON. AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT EACH TIME THE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE TURNED TO THE LEFT THE SAME NOISE WOULD OCCUR AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD RESIST TURNING. SOON THE PROBLEM INCREASED TO BE BOTH DIRECTIONS AND I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY DISCONNECTED SOMETHING SO THERE ISN'T ANY POWER STEERING. THIS COULD AFFECT SOMEONE DRIVING AND CAUSE THEM NOT TO TURN.

WE HAD JUST TAKEN THE EXIT RAMP ONTO THE INTERSTATE. AS WE STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHWAY SPEED, WE SUDDENLY LOST ALL ACCELERATION. WE DRIFTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WHERE WE SAT UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED TO BRING OUR VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE HUMID, SLIGHT DRIZZLE, AND A TEMPERATURE APPROXIMATELY 75^. WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, AND HAD NO ISSUES TODAY UNTIL WE STARTED TO ACCELERATE.

THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT IN MY 2013 FORD F-150 RECENTLY HAS BECOME AND REMAINS CONSTANTLY LIT UP. AFTER READING ABOUT ALL OF FORD'S RECENT AIRBAG RECALL ISSUES IT SEEMS THAT THE ISSUE WITH MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG MAY BE CONSISTENT WITH THE DEFECTS THAT LED TO THOSE RECALLS BY FORD. UPON CONTACTING THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY TRUCK AS WELL AS THE FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VIN IS NOT ON THEIR CURRENT LIST OF VEHICLES ELIGIBLE FOR AN AIRBAG RECALL. THIS IS A VERY FRUSTRATING SITUATION, I DO NOT FEEL THAT I OR MY FAMILY ARE SAFE WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK AFTER READING WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ABOUT FORD'S SUSPECT AIRBAGS. CONVENIENTLY THIS DEFECT BECAME APPARENT RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT MY VEHICLE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, THE NEXT TIME I AM IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW VEHICLE I WILL KEEP IN MIND FORD'S DISREGARD FOR CONSUMER SAFETY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRES, SIZE: P275/65/R18 (NA). WHILE ROTATING THE TIRES, THE CONTACT NOTICED CRACKS BETWEEN THE TREAD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES EXPERIENCED CRACKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE DEALER, WHO BOTH STATED THAT ALL THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRE AND VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,500.

2013 FORD F-150 LARIAT SUPER CREW: APRIL 17, 2015: DRIVING SOUTH ON RT 95 TO BOSTON, MY WIFE (DRIVER) TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER TO CLEAR FOG FROM WINDOWS AND SIDE MIRRORS. THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOUD "GUN SHOT" TYPE OF NOISE THAT STARTLED US BOTH. WE LOOKED AT WINDSHIELD TO SEE IF WE HAD BEEN HIT AND FOR CRACKS; THERE WAS NOTHING. ONCE STOPPED AND LOOKING OVER THE TRUCK WE DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR WINDOW/BACK LITE ON DRIVER'S SIDE HAD SHATTERED. I RAN MY HAND OVER THE ENTIRE WINDOW SEARCHING FOR AN IMPACT POINT, OR MARK AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. WE BOTH WONDERED ALOUD AS TO HOW THIS WINDOW JUST SHATTERED ON ITS OWN. ONCE HOME, I WENT ON THE INTERNET TO LOOK UP POSSIBLE CAUSES AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY CASES OF THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING TO FORD PICKUPS. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMERS SERVICE TODAY AND SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH "ANGELA" WHO SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY ISSUE OF WINDOWS SHATTERING WHILE DRIVING BUT AFTER PUTTING ME ON HOLD TO CHECK WITH SOMEONE, SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING FORD CAN DO UNTIL A RECALL IS ISSUED, IF EVER. I TOLD HER THAT THERE IS NEARLY 60 COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON THE NHTSA SITE, ALONG WITH SCORES OF OTHERS IN FORD FORUMS, ETC. THIS NUMBER APPARENTLY IS NOT ENOUGH OF A SAFETY ISSUE FOR FORD TO RESPOND, BUT COMMON SENSE DICTATES THAT ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS OCCURS FROM FORD F-150 WINDOWS SHATTERING WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE! *TR

THE VEHICLE HEATER KICKS OUT OF RECIRCULATION MODE AFTER 5 OR 10 MINUTES. THIS OFTEN BRINGS OUTSIDE AUTO FUMES INTO THE VEHICLE. IN ORDER TO STOP THE FUMES AND USE RECIRC AGAIN YOU HAVE TO PUSH THAT BUTTON, TAKING YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD. THE DEALER SAYS TO USE 'MAX AIR' BUT THAT RESULTS IN HOT AIR BLOWING IN YOUR FACE. BOTH SITUATIONS REQUIRE DISTRACTED DRIVING, A SAFETY RISK. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE RECIRC MODE TO REMAIN AS LONG AS I WANT. *TR

I HAD JUST EXITED THE FREEWAY AND WAS AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE TRUCK MESSAGE BOARD READ SHIFT TO PARK , I DID THAT AND THE TRUCK BASICALLY SHUT DOWN , FLASHING BOTH A SERVICE ADVANCETRAC MESSAGE AS WELL AS A START SYSTEM FAULT MESSAGE. THE HAZARD LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK NOR ANY SIGNAL IN THE VEHICLE, THE RADIO, DOME LIGHTS WORKED BUT THE KEYLESS REMOTE KEYS WERE NOT WORKING. SO WE CALLED FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WAS STUCK ON THE BOTTOM OF A FREEWAY OFF RAMP FOR 3 HOURS WITH NO HAZARD LIGHTS FUNCTIONAL I HAD TO POP THE HOOD AND OPEN MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND STAND OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK TO LET OTHER DRIVERS KNOW WE WERE STALLED IT WAS A VERY NERVE RACKING EXPERIENCE I'M JUST THANKFUL NOBODY HIT US AS WERE BASICALLY JUST SITTING DUCKS AT THE BOTTOM OF A BUSY FREEWAY OFF RAMP. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOME ONE GETS KILLED.

WHEN COLD STARTING THE ECO BOOST ENGINE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE CAN BE HEARD FOR SEVERAL SECONDS... FORD SERVICE STATED THAT THE NOISE IS TIMING CHAIN STRETCH AND STATED THAT OVER TIME THIS WILL CAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND COULD DESTROY THE ENGINE... THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON INDICATING THE ENGINE IS OUT OF TIME. IF THE TIMING CHAIN SHOULD SLIP OR BREAK IT WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO BE DESTROYED WHICH WOULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD.... *TR

DURING THE START UP OF MY 2013 FORD F-150 KING RANCH, I PROCEEDED TO UTILIZE THE REAR DEFROSTER TO GET THE ICE OFF THE REAR WINDOW. THE REAR WINDOW IS COMPRISED OF 3 PANELS OF GLASS, ONE ON EACH SIDE AND THE SLIDING WINDOW IN THE CENTER. THE PANEL BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE THEN PROCEEDED TO CRACK AND SPIDER ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDOW. THE INITIAL SOUND LED ME TO BELIEVE IT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE AS IT WAS A LOUD BANG, BUT I THEN LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW AND NOTICED THE CRACKED GLASS. IT RENDERS THE ENTIRE WINDOW USELESS AND A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT DISTORTS AND SKEWS MY VISION AND ABILITY TO SEE OUT OF IT SAFELY UNTIL I CAN ATTEMPT TO HAVE FORD RECTIFY THIS ISSUE. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE, IT APPEARS AS IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE, THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO BEGIN WITH. *TR

THE BACK RIGHT DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED DUE TO THE WIRING OR THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER.THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE ON 12/10/14 AND 3/27/15.THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT FORD HAS NOT ADDRESSED YET. *TR

MAR 15, 2015 AT APPROX. 1030AM,STARTED VEHICLE WITH REMOTE START FOB, AFTER WARMING FOR APPROX. 10 MINS LEFT TRAVELING AT ROUGHLY 15 MPH, HEARD LOUD BANG/POP, NOTICED THAT REAR DRIVERS PARTIAL WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. TRAVELED APPROX 1/8 MILE AND RETURNED HOME TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE ON WINDOW OR AREA AROUND WINDOW. RESEARCHED ONLINE WITH OTHER FORD OWNERS AND FOUND MULTIPLE OTHER OCCURRENCES AS ABOVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER SHIFTING INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. A FLASH UPDATE WAS PERFORMED ON THE CPU EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300.

TRUCK WAS PARKED SEVERAL HOURS IN SON-IN-LAWS DRIVEWAY. WIFE GOT IN TRUCK, AFTER CRANKING AND PLACING IN REVERSE, NO BRAKES! BACKED INTO SON-IN LAWS VEHICLE DAMAGING IT AND DAMAGING F 150. F 150 STILL UNDER WARRANTY, TAKEN TO MULLINAX FORD MOBILE AL. FOUND MASTERCYLINDER DEFECT , FAILED GASKET CAUSED BRAKE BOOSTER TO FAIL. MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED BY MULLINAX FORD, MOBILE AL. *TR

REAR GLASS HAS SHATTERED ON DRIVER SIDE PANEL OUT OF THREE PANELS. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS W/ REAR GLASS THAT HAS DEFROST & SLIDER. I HAVE SPENT SOME TIME RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE & FOMOCO REFUSES TO SEE THAT THIS ISSUE DOES OR COULD EXIST. DUE TO THE FAST TEMPERATURE INCREASE FROM COLD CLIMATE CUSTOMERS USING POWER DEFROST THE DRIVER SIDE REAR GLASS PANEL CAN OR MAY SHATTER. I ENCOUNTERED THIS ISSUE YESTERDAY WHEN I CALLED SERVICE I WAS PROMPTLY TOLD THAT THIS ISSUE IS A NON-ISSUE AND IT MUST HAD BEEN VANDALISM. ALTHOUGH BEING A PROFESSION ASE ACCREDITED TECHNICIAN KNEW BETTER AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH, ALSO THE PARTS DEPARTMENT HAVING A CURRENT ROTATING STOCK OF THESE WINDOWS ON THE SHELF SPELLED OUT THAT A ISSUE IS KNOW OF. I CHECKED ALL RECALL & TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS PERTAINING TO A ISSUE LIKE THIS WITH LITTLE TO NO INFORMATION. IN MY INTERNET RESEARCH IT HAS BECAME VERY CLEAR THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS SEEING HOW PEOPLE HAVE POSTED YOUTUBE VIDEOS SHOWING HOW TO REPLACE THE GLASS & GENERAL FORUM CHATTER. NO ONE GOT HURT THIS TIME BUT WHEN "SAFETY" GLASS SHATTERS IS CREATES HUNDREDS/THOUSANDS OF TINY SHARP DEBRIS. IF MY DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED & WAS TOLD THIS ISN'T A "ISSUE" I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TOLD THE SERVICE WRITER TO COME RUB HIS ARMS ACROSS THE BACK SEAT OF MY VEHICLE AND TELL ME "NO ISSUE EXISTS". *TR

MY FIRST INCIDENT ON MY TRUCK WAS TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITH NO WARNING, DEALER SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL ISSUE. NEXT WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND MY REAR WINDOW SHATTERED, GLASS COMPANY SAID THEY HAVE DONE A TON OF THESE AND WAS DUE TO A SHORT IN REAR DEFROST CAUSING THE WINDOW TO SHATTER? FORD DEALER STATED THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE WARRANTED THAT SEND IN S PHOTO TO FORD TO BE DETERMINED WARRANTY OR NOT ? *TR

REMOTE STARTED TRUCK GOT IN 15 MINUTES LATER AND CLOSE THE DOOR AND THEN HEARD A LOUD BANG I LOOKED BACK THE REAR PANEL WINDOW THE DRIVERS SIDE SHATTERED AND SOMETHING SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNING THE WHOLE PANEL CRACKED INTO HUNDREDS OF LITTLE CRACKS, IT WAS 7 DEGREES OUTSIDE AT THE TIME. *TR

WE HAVE A 2013 FORD F150. OUR BACK PASSENGER SLIDING GLASS WINDOW SUDDENLY SHATTERED ONE DAY. NO CRASH, ACCIDENT, NOTHING HIT THE VEHICLE OR THE GLASS. OUR TRUCK WAS PARKED WHEN IT HAPPENED. FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS I NOTICED THE REAR DEFROST WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER THIS INCIDENT I STARTED RESEARCHING ON-LINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS WE WERE NOT AWARE OF. I CAME ACROSS A WEBSITE THAT HAD MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM! SAME WINDOW AND SAME INSTANCES ALMOST TO A TEE. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME NOR WAS MY DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN A FEW OF THESE. WHEN I CALLED AN AUTO GLASS STORE THE EMPLOYEE TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN 15 WINDOWS EXACTLY LIKE OURS THIS YEAR AND RECENTLY WAS TOLD THE BACK GLASS FOR THESE VEHICLES WERE ON BACK ORDER. SO THAT WAS EVIDENCE TO ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. ORIGINALLY FORD WAS DENYING THAT THE SHATTERED WINDOW WAS DEFECT. AFTER MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS AND COMPLAINTS TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY OUR VEHICLE IS NOW FIXED UNDER OUR WARRANTY. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE AUTO GLASS COMPANY THAT HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE VEHICLES LIKE OURS, NOT ALL OF THEM WERE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND FORD NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE GLASS SHATTERS WITH SOMEONE IN THE BACKSEAT ESPECIALLY IF ITS A CHILD SITTING BACK THERE!!! *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WARMING UP. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. *TR

MY 2013 FORD F150 HAS HAD TWO DEAD BATTERIES SINCE I PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2013 BRAND NEW. THE FIRST ONE HAPPENED NOV OF 2014, THEY PUT IN A NEW BATTERY AND THE SECOND IN FEB 2015 FORD DEALER CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG SO THEY BASICALLY JUST PUT IN A NEW BATTERY, CURRENTLY 15K MILES. ., BUT THERE IS A POWER DRAW SOMEWHERE. THIS CAN LEAVE ME AND MY FAMILY STRANDED SOME WHERE, NOT SAFE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE DID NOT DECELERATE AND INCREASED IN RPMS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A BODY REPAIR SHOP, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

PICKUP HAS A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMP. NOTIFIED FORD ABOUT ISSUE AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE TO DEALERSHIP. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AS ADVISED DEALERSHIP STATED THIS WAS NORMAL FOR A 5.0 LITER ENGINE. NOTIFIED FORD AFTER TAKING TO DEALERSHIP THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED BACK.

REMOTE STARTED VEHICLE OUTSIDE ON 0 DEGREE EVENING. ENTERED TRUCK AFTER ABOUT THE MINUTES, PUT KEY IN IGNITION, AND TURNED KEY TO ON POSITION. WHILE I WAS PREPARING TO DRIVE I HEARD LOUD POP IN THE BACK SEAT AREA OF VEHICLE. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW PANE, IN THE THE PIECE REAR WINDOW, WAS SHATTERED. *JS

THIS OCCURRED ON A RAINY HOT DAY SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS CAPE COD. I WAS DRIVING MY SECOND 2013 FORD F150, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE THE ECOBOOST ENGINE. I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ON A TWO LANE ROAD, AND UPON ACCELERATION THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUTTER, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE LOST MOST OF ITS POWER, AND VEHICLE SLOWED DRAMATICALLY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 SECONDS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RETURN TO A NORMAL OPERATING MODE. HAD THERE BEEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I WOULD NOT BE WRITING THIS. AS I SAID, THIS IS MY SECOND ECOBOOST, AND I THOUGHT THAT FORD WOULD HAVE FIXED WHAT IS CLEARLY A POTENTIALLY FATAL FLAW WITH THIS ENGINE. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE OCCUR TWICE BEFORE IN MY PRIOR ECOBOOST F150. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO A DEALER TODAY FOR ANOTHER MINOR ISSUE AND ASKED THAT THE ECOBOOST ISSUE BE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT REQUEST WAS REJECTED BY THE DEALER, WHOM SIGHTED FORD POLICY. CLEARLY THERE IS A PATTERN OF FAILURE ON THESE ENGINES, AND JUST AS CLEAR IT APPEARS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL FIX, BASED ON MY PERSONAL RESEARCH OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON LINE. IT IS UNEXPLAINABLE WHY FORD WOULD NOT GET IN FRONT OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE THERE IS A FATAL ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON US 82 EAST BOUND, APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES EAST OF BONHAM, TEXAS, WHEN SUDDENLY MY SUNROOF EXPLODED SEND A SHOWER OF GLASS ON TOP OF ME. IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN BLAST WENT OFF, I AM LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T WRECK FROM THE EXPLOSION. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO REPAIR THE SUNROOF, SAYING THAT SOMETHING MUST HAVE HIT IT. NOTHING HIT THE SUNROOF, THE EXPLOSION SENT THE SUNROOF UP NOT DOWN. I HAVE PICTURES, AND FROM WHAT I CAN FIND OUT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE. *TR

BACK (REAR WINDOW) STATIONARY GLASS EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD! FIRST, I HAD EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DEFROST NOT FUNCTIONING THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THEN, THE DEFROST JUST STARTED WORKING AGAIN WITHOUT ISSUE A MONTH AGO? LAST NIGHT THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 20F. I TURNED THE REAR DEFROST ON AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING I HEARD GUNSHOT/LARGE BANG AND NOTICED MY DRIVER?S SIDE STATIONARY PANE ON THE REAR SLIDER WAS SHATTERED. I HAVE SMALL KIDS AND THANKFULLY THEY WERE NOT IN THE TRUCK AT THE TIME. SMALL SHARDS OF GLASS ENDED UP IN THE TRUCK. I CALLED DEALER AND HAVE TO BRING IN FOR THEM TO TAKE ?PICTURES? TO SEND TO FORD. THIS IS A DANGER AND SEEMS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET FOR 2010 MODELS UP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150 WITH ECO BOOST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SWITCH GEARS WITHOUT WARNING AND JERK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING LEFT, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO REGAIN NORMAL STEERING FUNCTION. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING SHAFT WAS FAULTY. AS A RESULT, THE ELECTRONIC POWER ASSIST MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V316000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ME PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED, THEN THE VEHICLE START TO SHUDDER REAL BAD. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT, AND THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARED FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THEN IT OCCURRED AGAIN WITH THE SAME EFFECTS. *TR